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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Archive, but its presence in households was probably more common than the records suggest, since this type was … was not important. However, white argol was rated more highly than RED ARGOL, which suggests the former may have been more desirable. OED earliest date of use: 1875 Found rated by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… S.W. of the house are some 16th-century farm-buildings, more or less altered. They retain some original windows and … sides of the ridge where the width extends to 90 ft. or more. To the S. of the general site are remains of a dyke …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… quarry of excellent freestone. The village was formerly of more importance, and had a weekly market and an annual fair, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… as the land of the priests, 71 as though there had been more than one serving the church. In 1276, in confirming the … recast or replaced by Abraham Rudhall in 1722. 27 Two more bells were added in 1888 28 and Rudhall's tenor bell was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and several pasture. 68 By 1424 the demesne comprised more than a third of the total arable land of the manor: … one life remained a reversionary copyhold for up to three more lives might be granted. The widow's right of freebench … land of the parish, because it lies low and often wet, is more suitable for permanent grass than for ploughing. Ten …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… road, had fewer houses, though it seems once to have had more houses than it did in 1968 and the small group of houses …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… congregation of 38 at a meeting-house built in 1830. 34 No more is known of the Baptist group, which may have replaced …
A History of the County of Hertford
… greater portion of the parish is undulating or hilly, and more nearly approaches the higher of the two levels …
A History of the County of Hertford
… the abbey was again dissolved, and these manors were once more vested in the dean and chapter. 28 At the time of the … in course of time many of them, particularly when two or more such tenements were in the hands of one tenant, set up a … originally built probably in the eighteenth century, but more recently altered. It is occupied by Mr. Charles F. …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… arable land and even in the 11th century there were no more than three households. 12 The former demesne farm and … parts of East Lydford. In 1917 the parish meeting wanted more cottages built but it was later said that two of the … 20 in 1600 Edward Hill (d. 1629) was accused of paying more attention to his farm. 21 Between 1745 and 1763 William …